Important Melee, Hacks, and You -- New Hackers Start Here, in the OP!

[Steelia]

^ Sadly, there're only a select few people who know how to properly make music hacks, and a majority of them seem to be M.I.A. Not sure where they all ran off to.

 

[Afro_Chris]

^ nooooooooo


hey does anyone have a bunch of finished CSP's? with the .dat files? that they wouldn't mind uploading?

edit: 2 new textures:

emo peach, its PIPeBu

jug head jigs, i wanted to make that lil hair piece on jig's black but figured out that its not a different texture

 

[Steelia]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NN7A7XUW

There you are, Gardevior... A majority of the CSPs for my textures, seen at my site. Note that a few are missing (Brawl-trophy Mewtwo, Mew, Shiny Mewtwo, Shadow Pichu, Brawl Mario, Brawl Luigi, Dark Young Link, Arceus... I think that's all). Hopefully that won't be too much of a problem.

And nice texture there, Afro_Chris! Not sure why it has black dots, though... Might be the emulator, or something, unless it was actually on the texture.

Would that work, Afro_Chris? I'm afraid it has no .DAT file, but it does contain the majority of my released stuff over at Illusory Labyrinth. Just need to replace the appropriate CSPs in the CSP pack I got up on page 4, and make some TCS using Milun's CSP TCS Creator.

 

[Afro_Chris]

yea that's good enough, I'll just review the video u posted a while back on how to get the .dat's

also i got this random error, when i run my blue peach, when i run it on dolphin it runs fine, but once i burn it and play it on my wii when ever i pick blue peach it freezes, anyone got any ideas what might of gone wrong? here is the .dat file

http://www.zshare.net/download/72153890cf1a17c6/

 

[Steelia]

yea that's good enough, I'll just review the video u posted a while back on how to get the .dat's

also i got this random error, when i run my blue peach, when i run it on dolphin it runs fine, but once i burn it and play it on my wii when ever i pick blue peach it freezes, anyone got any ideas what might of gone wrong? here is the .dat file

http://www.zshare.net/download/72153890cf1a17c6/

Hummm, You mind supplying the TGA files instead, Afro_Chris? I would like to see for myself what COULD be the problem. Just makes it easier for me to compare if I can hex it myself and... well, contrast.

 

[Afro_Chris]

http://www.zshare.net/download/72156956d5a5da44/


here u go, i hope u can figure out wat i did

 

[Pur3 Smash]

hey i just saw this thred today and i fallowed the directions and fallowed all the steps but for some odd reason i cant install the files to use the miospatchure or the gcb back up can somone tell me what i should do

 

[Gardevior]

hey i just saw this thred today and i fallowed the directions and fallowed all the steps but for some odd reason i cant install the files to use the miospatchure or the gcb back up can somone tell me what i should do

Is your wii hooked up to the ineternet?

Better yet, here's an easy guide that's extremely simple.

 

[Pur3 Smash]

well the mios patcher wont even load thats the thing it wont load at all for some odd reason its just a black screen

 

[Tichinde925]

^ Sadly, there're only a select few people who know how to properly make music hacks, and a majority of them seem to be M.I.A. Not sure where they all ran off to.

It midterm week....

 

[`DNS`]

It midterm week....

mine was last week and i had all of them on monday/tuesday

 

[Afro_Chris]

mine isnt for like another month,,,,i think,,,,

 

[Zyx]

Steelia, I think the "placements.txt" for Pink Samus is not the good one.
Can you send me the good placements if you have them please ?
Thanks ^^

 

[Steelia]

You sure?

01 - 00029b20
50 - 0002ab20
28 - 0002cb20
27 - 0002d520
31 - 0002dd20
33 - 0002e520
47 - 00030520
48 - 00030920
40 - 00031620
39 - 00032620
38 - 00038e20
35 - 0003a420
41 - 0003ac20
57
37 - 0003bc20
08 - 0003c420
34 - 0003d420
36 - 0003ee20
32 - 0003f620
30 - 00040620
29 - 00040d20
12 - 00041d20
02 - 00042720
03 - 000433a0
04 - 000439a0
05 - 000449a0
06 - 000469a0
07 - 000489a0
09 - 000491a0
10 - 0004a1a0
11 - 0004c1a0
13 - 0004e1a0
14 - 0004e9a0
15 - 0004f9a0
16 - 000519a0
17 - 000539a0
18 - 00054da0
19 - 000555a0
20 - 00055da0
49 - 000562a0
21 - 00057ca0
22 - 00059ca0
23 - 0005a4a0
24 - 0005aca0
25 - 0005b1a0
26 - 0005b4a0
42 - 0005d4a0
43 - 0005e4a0
44 - 0005e8a0
45 - 0005f8a0
46 - 000600a0

All of Samus' textures should go in the same spots in every .DAT file except for her Green (her Green, she has one texture that is larger than the other colors and throws the whole sequence off).

 

[Zyx]

Hum... When I try to modify the legs (17Leg) it modify a piece of her back instead. :s

 

[libertyernie]

I'm going to update KirbyTool to also support Pichu. I think I'm going to keep calling it KirbyTool, though, just because it's a distinctive name.
Preview:

 

[Steelia]

@Tichinde925: Bahh, excuses, excuses, trying to use school and midterms and whatnot.
Kidding, of course; just got done with a midterm in another class myself . . . Always fun.

All right, upon further inspection, I totally forgot that one of Samus' visors in her Pink file is a lot bigger compared to her others... so... here are the correct placements:

01 - 00029b20
50 - 0002ab20
28 - 0002cb20
27 - 0002d520
31 - 0002dd20
33 - 0002e520
47 - 00030520
48 - 00030920
40 - 00031620
39 - 00032620
38 - 00038e20
35 - 0003a420
41 - 0003ac20
57 - 0003b420
37 - 0003d420
08 - 0003dc20
34 - 0003ec20
36 - 00040620
32 - 00040e20
30 - 00041e20
29 - 00042520
12 - 00043520
02 - 00043f20
03 - 00044ba0
04 - 000451a0
05 - 000461a0
06 - 000481a0
07 - 0004a1a0
09 - 0004a9a0
10 - 0004b9a0
11 - 0004d9a0
13 - 0004f9a0
14 - 000501a0
15 - 000511a0
16 - 000531a0
17 - 000551a0
18 - 000565a0
19 - 00056da0
20 - 000575a0
49 - 00057aa0
21 - 000594a0
22 - 0005b4a0
23 - 0005bca0
24 - 0005c4a0
25 - 0005c9a0
26 - 0005cca0
42 - 0005eca0
43 - 0005fca0
44 - 000600a0
45 - 000610a0
46 - 000618a0

Thanks for the heads-up, Zyx; I was afraid I was missing one of the Samus placements somewhere.

Also, sweet new Pichu Tool, libertyernie! Was going to make a Pichu texture test in a bit, so nice timing.
...Though, now that you're around, I wanted to note that there was something wrong with the original Kirby Tool... Whenever I had it hex up a Normal Kirby Mewtwo cap costume, it screwed up the first Eye placement. Mind seeing what's up with that? It hexed the other two (KirbyNr and Purin Kirby) just fine... Just that one was amiss.

 

[`DNS`]

I have a feeling is was going to do something but I forgot what it was

 

[Milun]

Here's another update of the lighting guide. I added a few more stages, and also an easy to follow guide for those still having trouble: http://meleeconverter.bravehost.com/resources.htm

 

[ShootingStars]

Can anyone help me?
If I want to turn one of mp3s into a proper HPS what do I need to exactly?

I need to convert it to L and R channel for wav and then what? What is a loop point... how do I match it with one of the HPS's?

Then what else?

 

[Cia]

The smash stack link in the second post brings up a trojan warning on my PC (using Avast!) I thought it was weird so i just avoided it.

Really helpful thread.

::subs::

 

[-tRiNiTy-]

I've got one question...

Let's say I download a texture called "PlMtNr.dat". This is going to replace the "Neutral" texture for that character, right?

Now, if I wanted to replace a different costume other than the neutral one, can I just rename the file to "PlMtRe.dat" to replace the Red costume instead? Would that work? =/


Hope for an answer =)

 

[WarriorKnight]

I've got one question...

Let's say I download a texture called "PlMtNr.dat". This is going to replace the "Neutral" texture for that character, right?

Now, if I wanted to replace a different costume other than the neutral one, can I just rename the file to "PlMtRe.dat" to replace the Red costume instead? Would that work? =/


Hope for an answer =)

xxxxNR.dat are always the character's original costume.

It will definitely not work. Lol including me, im pretty sure everyone has tried to do this.

The only way I got it to work was by copying the hex for the customized NR and pasting it over the original PlMtRe.dat's hex while leaving the final few lines unchanged. It worked for some characters that I did. Not sure if this will work for all characters tho.

 

[Steelia]

@VaNz: I'm afraid Stack Smash has moved under a slightly different name, http://stacksmash.kontek.net/ ... The one posted on Post #2 is a tad outdated. Hopefully we'll be able to get a link change to this instead:
http://stacksmash.kontek.net/?p=6146

I've got one question...

Let's say I download a texture called "PlMtNr.dat". This is going to replace the "Neutral" texture for that character, right?

Now, if I wanted to replace a different costume other than the neutral one, can I just rename the file to "PlMtRe.dat" to replace the Red costume instead? Would that work? =/


Hope for an answer =)

'ey there -tRiNiTy-,
I'm afraid that's not how it works... In Brawl, yes, you could easily do that. But in Melee, you have to transfer all your edited textures onto the other color(s) manually. Kind of sucks, but so far it's the only way to get the job done. Hopefully another day we'll be able to replace any file with any file, but until then you'll need to hex the files into all other color(s) through manual labor.
(Also, watch out -- sometimes the placements for the textures may not be the same in all colors. )

 

[-tRiNiTy-]

Hmm I see...

Not as easy as in Brawl (word), but still possible though =P

I'm going to try to convert it manually then, let's see how far I can get xD


Thx for the replies though =P

It will definitely not work. Lol including me, im pretty sure everyone has tried to do this

xD I lol'd at that. I was just going to make the same mistake xP

 

[Zyx]

Hi tRiNiTy ! I just send you my SoR stage on Youtube and saw that you are from Luxembourg ! Do you speak French ? Have you got a Melee community in Luxembourg ? Why don't you come to French tournaments ? ^^

@Steelia : Thank you for the placements ^^

 

[Milun]

@VaNz: I'm afraid Stack Smash has moved under a slightly different name, http://stacksmash.kontek.net/'ey there -tRiNiTy-,
I'm afraid that's not how it works... In Brawl, yes, you could easily do that. But in Melee, you have to transfer all your edited textures onto the other color(s) manually. Kind of sucks, but so far it's the only way to get the job done. Hopefully another day we'll be able to replace any file with any file, but until then you'll need to hex the files into all other color(s) through manual labor.
(Also, watch out -- sometimes the placements for the textures may not be the same in all colors. )

Well, I think if we utilized your texture dump offsets, then changing the characters colours might be possible. I'll take a crack at making a program for it, but can anyone tell me what code GodFed's tpl_insert.exe program was made in?

EDIT: I was browsing some dead threads recently, and I found this website:

http://smashbrosfiles.blogspot.com/

Scroll down, and you will find some very VERY useful Melee hack info.

 

[GodFed]

I wrote all my programs in C++.

That's an interesting find, that smashbrosfiles one. I'm not sure if it's anything new, though. :/

I've been bogged down with school and other things the past few months, and I don't think anything's going to let up anytime soon. I kind of just disappeared abruptly from the hack scene, sorry about that. I'll be sure to help with any technical issues, or programmatic things, too, if you guys need it. fyi I started work on a Pl**AJ.dat hack tool, in case you guys thought I was dead or something.

 

[Milun]

Well there's a new thread out on Melee model hacking: http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=50312 started by Tcll. He seems to know a lot, and I really hope he has more luck than I did, but then again, I'm more off a hack researcher than a coder. Anyway, peace out for the next 3 days. Have fun fighting the evil moon.

 

[Steelia]

Well there's a new thread out on Melee model hacking: http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=50312 started by Tcll. He seems to know a lot, and I really hope he has more luck than I did, but then again, I'm more off a hack researcher than a coder.

0_O

I'm subscribing to that thread A.S.A.P.
GREAT stuff. New people continue to rise day after day... This is going to get even more interesting.

 

[Zodiac]

I have a question, could we modify the crap out of the iso, then burn it and play it on the wii? Cause im really interested in audio hacks here, 8 years of the same music takes its toll.

Edit: Or just use the HBC's iso loader to run it.

 

[SleepyK]

read the second post in the thread.

 

[Zodiac]

Lol, thanks and sorry for not reading it.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I started to do some textures for Melee myself. Here are some images of my work. So far, I've been able to do the normal textures with minimal issues, but I still need to understand how to work with the indexed textures.

P.S.: The Fox texture is for the red team. The offsets used for Fox's normal outfit also apply to his red outfit.





Download can be found on the link below.

http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=3302.0

 

[Steelia]

Haha, those Mewtwo textures are looking ******, Mario_and_Sonic_Guy. So very nice for just starting anew with some Melee stuff. :D

Indexed textures... Always a pain... If you want an idea on how to mess with them, I'd highly recommend checking out ]Syntax Error['s old Brawl hacking guide. It's very similar in hexing as Melee (only, the 32 palette lines are located AFTER the texture rather than the very beginning... depending on the circumstances).

 

[libertyernie]

New KirbyTool is out!
KirbyTool website
It now supports Pichu as well!
I made 4 recolor textures for Pichu to test the tool and you can get them here:
http://libertyernie.heliohost.org/KirbyTool/Examples/Pichu Recolor Pack.zip

 

[Siglemic]

I would love to see this type of tool for every character someday :D

 

[Afro_Chris]

hey S did u ever manage to figure out wat was worng wit the peach texture i made?

 

[Steelia]

hey S did u ever manage to figure out wat was worng wit the peach texture i made?

'fraid not... Terribly sorry for the delay; haven't been able to do anything texture-related for nearly a week. Been having a LOT to do in classes recently (just finishing 1 midterm, clearing tests in others, with added projects). Closest I've come to textures was a video I uploaded on YouTube, and that was completed last week, too.

Rest assured, I haven't forgotten. I just need to knock some stuff out of the way... Hopefully I'll have the chance to see what's up this Thursday.

 

[`DNS`]

o/t: i never study or anything for tests.. i consider taking a test = half a free period